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Office Genuine Advantage

Jun 26, 2010 12:30AM PDT

Does anyone know how to permantley delete this excruciating and annoying thing off of your computer?

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Usually simple.
Jun 26, 2010 12:40AM PDT

Just let it activate Office. Or uninstall office if you opt not to activate Office.
Bob

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Yep, activate or uninstall
Jun 28, 2010 1:45AM PDT

As Bob said, you need to either activate or uninstall Office. To activate in Office 2007 simply click the Microsoft Office Button, click Program_Name Options, click Resources, and then click Activate.

More on Office activation, here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927921

Cheers,
Cassandra